Jan Ridders’ Engines
Jan Ridders is a talented machinist and prolific designer of model Stirling, flame-eater and internal combustion engines. As you can see from the video he has some good-looking and nice-running...
View ArticleMaterials List for Jan Ridders’ Simple LTD Stirling Engine
Here is a list of the materials you will need to build Jan Ridders‘ new simple low temperature differential Stirling Engine. You can download the plans here (PDF). I was going to build his Coffee Cup...
View ArticleJan Ridders’ Flame Eater “Marc”
Jan Ridders recently updated his plans for a vertical flame eater engine that he originally made in 2003 as a birthday present for his son Marc. He made a number of improvements and redrew the plans...
View ArticleJan Ridders’ Updated Flame Eater and “Scuderi” 4-stroke Engine Plans
Jan Ridders has updated plans on his web site for two of his favorite engines: a 2-cylinder flame eater and a Scuderi Split Cylinder internal combustion engine.The flame eater was one of the first...
View ArticleA couple of “micro” Stirlings
This is Jan Ridders’ newest Stirling engine. It’s so small it uses a 1 Euro coin for the flywheel and a couple of 5 Euro cent pieces for the top and bottom plates of the displacer cylinder. Jan will...
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